Automatic loop making and retaining device



C. UEBELIIIESSEII. I AUTOMATIC LOOP MAKING ND IIETAINING DEVICE.

APPLICATION mw :n1/"n.17, 1915.

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AUTOMATIC LOOP IIIAIIING AIID RETAINIIIIG DEVICEA APPLICATION FILED IIIIIR. II. 1915.

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A TTOHNEY p UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEroE;

CHARLES UEBELMEssER, or NEW YORK, N. Y., AssrGNoR To cRu PATENTS CORPO-` RATIoN, A coRroRATroN or NEW YORK.

AUTOMATIC LOOP MAKING AND RETAINING DEVICE.

Application med March 17, `1915. seria1No.15,o6s.

To alllwhom 1f/may concern:

y vented certain new and useful In'iprovements I ticulan in Automatic Loop Making andRetaining Devices, of' whichthe following is a full,`

clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention 1s 'to provide -a device that will make an original loop of film ina motion -picture machine, and that alsol will maintain the'desired size of said loop, and particularly a device that will both enlarge or decrease the size of a loop automatically, especially between an intermittent feed and a lower'continuouslyv driven take-up sprocket in a motion picture appa ratus by meaiis of avariable speed.

The scope of my invention will `out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which form part of my specification,

vFigure 1 's a side velevation of a` motion picture machine embodying my device. l Fig. 2 is a side view of my device in par- Fig. 3v is a perspective view of the intermittent' sprocket and lower vfeedl sprocket in the motion picture machine seen from the back ofthe aperture.`

Fig. 4 is a left-aide view of the lower feed sprocket.

Fig. 5 is a vertical cut through the lower sprocket and part of the frame of theme,- tion picture machine. Fig. 6 is a right sideview of the lower feed sprocket.

In a motion picture machine the film is usually received by the upper feed sprocket.,

especially in the motion picture machine of the intermittent type, a loop is then formed between this sprocket and the aperture plate, thereafter the film is manipulated by an intermittently movingl sprocket, a loop 1s again formed between the intermittent sprocket and a lower continuously driven feed sprocket, and from there onto a take- 'up reel, which is frictionally driven; My

device will make a loop as soon as thelfilm A is receivedby the intermittent sprocket 1,v

which sprocket will push the film around the inside surface of a movable guide cage 2 to'feed sprocket 3, and from there push it along guide 4 and finally the film passes be pointed Specification of Letters Patent. Patented July 15,1919.

ever, is released as soon as the loop is made and the film has passed the rollers 5 and G' and 8. Should, however, the loop become too large in said guide 2 then the lower feed sprocket 3 should be driven faster than normally for a short period and this is ac complished as follows, as seen in Figs. l and "2 of my. drawing:

Gear 9, on shaft 10, is driven by gear 11 on shaft 12. ed upon its upper portion gears 13 and 14 of different size, and a slidable clutch mem'- Gears 13 and 14 are driven by gears 15 and 1G on shaft 17 and are driven by the regular driving mechanism of the motion picture macliine.v When the film is in operation, and for any'reason the loopy should haveI become too large, the fln'loop `will then exert a slight pressure against the inside of the pivotally lconnected guide 2 which will then move in the direction' shown by the dotted lines in Fig.v2. The lever 2a will now disconnectthe slower gear drive 13 and connect the faster driven gear 14, and as soon as .the loop has become smaller the guide 2 will fall back and lever 2a will again connect the regular vdrive 13 rand 16.v Thus the sizeof theloop vhas been reduced automatically during the operation of the motion picture machine.

Nowl should the loop. in the film become too small for any reason whatsoever during the rest period of the intermittently driven sprocket 1, the film will press slightly against roller 18. Thsroller is fiXedly mounted in film guide door 19. Since this sprocket is loosely mounted on shaft 10, this sprocket will stop (see Figs. 4, 5 and 6), but the shaft 10 with clutch collar 21 keeps on moving in its regular direction. In sprocket 3 is mounted a pawl 22 fastened on shaft 23. Onthe other end of shaft 23 is fastened agrooved collar 24, which operates an elastic brake shoe 25 fastened to sprocket 3 by screw 26. lVhen This shaft has' loosely mount` ber/14A connected by a key-way' with shaft 12. Thisclutch member is actuatedby the lever 2 of the movable guide 2.

the sprocket 3 is stopped, pawl 'Q2 is moved' up by the col-lar 2l which rotates continu- `o usly with shaft `1'() and will turn shaft 23V and collar 24 and open the brake 25 against tinues on its iegu'lart'unction. The driving mechanism of the intermittent eed is not -sliown in my dran'fings, as same may be' of' any usual type.

That I claim as my invention is:

A'1.' In a motion picture machine, the com-v4 bination with an intermittently :iid a continuously rotatedjsprockeu'a film guide, lof: cated "between said sprockets and adapted toA be moved vby an increase in the sizeof a loop in thelilm and means actuated by the movel.i-iient-ef s'aid 'guidefor-controlling the operav tion ot' said continuously'.v rotating spr0cket.

- 2. In a ymotion picture machine, the combina-tion with intermittent and continuous sprockets, of means interposed between said sprockets and Vcontrolled by an increase in lthe `size of the loop formedin the fln1`between said sprockets for controlling thel operation of said continuously rotating sprocket. 3. In a motion picture machine, the combination with l continuous and intermittent sprockets, of a pivotally mounted guide lo` cated between said sprockets to ,torni a loop in the film andmeans for controlling' 1the speed of rotation of said continuous sprocket by an increase of the size of the loop formed by'said guide.

4. In a motion picture machine, the com- "bination Vwith an intermittently actuated sprocket and a continuously rotated sprocket,

-andmeans controlled by an increase of the normal amountof film between said sprockets for 'controlling the speed 4of said continu v ously rotating sprocket.A Y

5. In a motion picture machine, the combination' with intermittent and continuous sprockets, a movable guide located between said sprockets to forma loop for the film and means actuated by pressure of the'tilm size ofzsaid loop for moving ythe same and means actuated thereby for changing the :speed of rotationof said continuous sprocket.

'interposed between said sprockets to orm a loop for the film, a lever for saidguide, and adapted to be operated 4by the movement thereof, a shiftable gear mechanism, for controlling the operation of said continuous sprocket and means actuated by the movement of said lever for shifting said gears to vary the speed of rotation of said sprocket.

Signed at New York city, N. Y., this 15th dayof March, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen. p Y

CHARLES UEBELMESSER. lVitnesses:

ROBERT RICHTER,

on said guide caused by an'increase of the. 

